Despite the neglect from the local media, the Boston blues scene is strong.
Cantab Lounge
Arts Remembrance: The Late Joe Cook and His Chance to Record “The Twist”
Little Joe Cook, who died last week at 91, somehow turned his one Top-40 rock hit, 1957’s “Peanuts,” into the centerpiece of a never-ending Cantab Lounge gig.
Literary View: Poetry Slams in the 21st Century
By Kate Vander Wiede The Cantab, as the regulars called The Cantab Lounge, is like a quirky not-quite-speakeasy complete with a narrow stairwell leading below street level and smoke-perfumed attendees. This night, bass chords shake the ceiling, courtesy of the band headlining one floor up. Dim lights hardly illuminate the cramped room, which is lined […]